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			Also 16–17 <strong>shagrin</strong>,  <strong>shaggreen</strong>, 17 <strong>shaggareen</strong>, 16–18 <a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/30192#eid9759803" class="crossReferencePopup" rel="30192" rev="/view/Entry/30192#eid9759803" onmouseover="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/30192#eid9759803&#39;);return false;" onfocus="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/30192#eid9759803&#39;);return false;" onmouseout="javascript:stopCrossReferencePopup(this);return false;"><span class="xref"><span class="smallCaps">chagrin</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></span></a></span><span id="formsSpanBlock2"></span><span id="formsSpanBlock3" style="display: none;"></span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="more" id="formsMoreLess" onclick="showMoreLess(&#39;forms&#39;, false); return false;" style="display: none;">(Show Less)</a></div><div xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" xmlns:avail="java:com.oup.oed.DocExistence" xmlns:util="java:com.oup.oed.Util" class="frequencyBand preEntry"><strong>Frequency (in current use):</strong>&nbsp;
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122338">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>a.</strong></span>  A species of untanned leather with a rough granular surface, prepared from the skin of the horse, ass, etc., or of the shark, seal, etc., and frequently dyed green. Also, an imitation of this.</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122340"><a class="crossReferencePopup" rev="/view/Entry/177284#eid23122544" rel="177284" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#eid23122544" onclick="javascript:window.location = this.href;" onmouseover="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122544&#39;);return false;" onfocus="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122544&#39;);return false;" onmouseout="javascript:stopCrossReferencePopup(this);return false;"><span class="xref">1677 [see <em>shagreen leather</em> <span class="ps">n.</span> at  Compounds 1].
							</span></a><div class="quotation" id="eid23122345"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916646"><span>1698&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Fryer</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0005393">New Acct. E.-India &amp; Persia</a></em> 264</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Hides and Leather from Bulgaria, Turky, and of their own dressing, which excels that we call..Shagreen for Durableness.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122353"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916652"><span>1710&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">R. Steele</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0139677">Tatler</a></em> No. 245. ⁋2</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				A Bible bound in Shagreen.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122362"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916659"><span>1774&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">O. Goldsmith</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0002896">Hist. Earth</a></em> VI. 239</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				His [<em>sc.</em> the shark's] skin..being that substance which covers instrument cases, called shagreen.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122373"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916666"><span>1784&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Douglas</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0046202">Cook's Voy. Pacific</a></em> II.  <span class="smallCaps">iii.</span> ix. 174</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				The men of Mataia..cover..their bodies with a sort of shagreen, being skin of fishes.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122386"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916676"><span>1852&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">C. Morfit</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0011733">Art of Tanning, Currying, &amp; Leather-dressing</a></em> 
		(1853)
	 443</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				The genuine oriental shagreen is not a true leather, but a skin prepared by drying.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122395"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916683"><span>1891&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">E. Peacock</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0020283">Narcissa Brendon</a></em> II. 327</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				A thin oval case covered with dark shagreen.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122404"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916690"><span>1907&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Galsworthy</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0042981">Country House</a></em>  <span class="smallCaps">i.</span> i. 2</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				A tall man..whose tall wife carried a small bag of silver and shagreen.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1677—1907</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122340&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122413" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a class="thesaurusRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewThesaurusPopup(this);return false;" rel="th153072/208185/214654/214718/215296/215359/215390/215391">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a class="categoriesRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewCategoryPopup(this);return false;" rel="23122413">Categories »</a></div>
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122413">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>b.</strong></span>  The skin of various sharks, rays, etc., which is covered with close-set calcified papillæ, forming a hard rough surface: used for polishing, etc.</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122415"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122416"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916696"><span>1870&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">H. A. Nicholson</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0367880">Man. Zool.</a></em> 
		(1875)
	 lviii. 434</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				The so-called ‘shagreen’ of the Dog-fishes and sharks is composed of very small and close-set tooth-like processes.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122426"><span class="noIndent" id="eid286857760"><span>1871&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">T. H. Huxley</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0015062">Man. Anat. Vertebrated Animals</a></em> iii. 126</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Very commonly it [the integument of sharks, etc.] is developed into papillæ, which become calcified, and give rise to toothlike structures; these, when they are very small and close-set, constitute what is called shagreen.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122435"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916709"><span>1873&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">St. G. Mivart</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0001623">Lessons Elem. Anat.</a></em> vii. 277</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				These [calcifications] may be quite small and thickly distributed all over the body. A skin so furnished is called shagreen.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1870—1873</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122415&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122444" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a class="thesaurusRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewThesaurusPopup(this);return false;" rel="th153072/208185/214654/215767/216276/216523/216543/216553/216561/216562">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a class="categoriesRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewCategoryPopup(this);return false;" rel="23122444">Categories »</a></div>
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122444">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>c.</strong></span>  <em>transferred</em> in <em>Iron-founding</em>. (See quot. <a class="crossReferencePopup" rev="/view/Entry/177284#eid23122451" rel="177284" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#eid23122451" onclick="javascript:window.location = this.href;" onmouseover="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122451&#39;);return false;" onfocus="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122451&#39;);return false;" onmouseout="javascript:stopCrossReferencePopup(this);return false;"><span class="xref"><i>a</i>1884</span></a>.)</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122450"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122451"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916715"><span><i>a</i>1884&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">E. H. Knight</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0000947">Pract. Dict. Mech.</a></em> Suppl. 801/2</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				<em>Shagreen</em>, hard, colored, metallic spots found on the surface of iron castings.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">a1884—a1884</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122450&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid1212371220" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid1212371220">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>d.</strong></span>  The fashion shade of dull green resembling the colour of shagreen.</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid1212371190"><div class="quotation" id="eid993203101"><span class="noIndent" id="eid993203111"><span>1932&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0242916">Sale Catal.</a></em></span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Colours: Maize, Sunrise, Shagreen, Parchment or Ivory.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1932—1932</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid1212371190&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122460" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a class="thesaurusRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewThesaurusPopup(this);return false;" rel="th1/904695/56407/56717/56718/57036/57138/57151/57154/57193">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a class="categoriesRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewCategoryPopup(this);return false;" rel="23122460">Categories »</a></div>
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122460">†<span class="numbering"><strong>2.</strong></span>  A silk fabric. <em>Obsolete</em>. <em>rare</em>.</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122464"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122465"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916722"><span>1702&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">Lady G. Baillie</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0286186">Househ. Bk.</a></em> 
		(1911)
	 197</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				For 5½ ells black shagrin..18 9 0.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122477"><span class="noIndent" id="eid281242041"><span>1728&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">M. Delany</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0420847">Autobiogr. &amp; Corr.</a></em> 
		(1861)
	 I. 177</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				I..bought eighteen yards of very pretty white silk for Trott, something in the nature of shagreen, but a better colour than they ever are.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122488"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916738"><span>1741&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Parry</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0948293">True Anti-Pamela</a></em> 129</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Nicholas advised him..to have the suit lined with white Shagreen.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1702—1741</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122464&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div></div><div xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" xmlns:avail="java:com.oup.oed.DocExistence" xmlns:util="java:com.oup.oed.Util" class="lemSect entryBase" id="eid23122495"><h3 class="lemSectType">Compounds</h3><div class="senseWrap" id="eid23122499">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>C1. </strong></span>  General <em>attributive</em>.<div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122502" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122502">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531577">shagreen case</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371227" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122506"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122507"><span class="noIndent" id="eid229689445"><span>1706&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0902752">Phillips's New World of Words</a></em> 
		(new ed.)
	</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				<em>Shagreen</em>,..a sort of rough, green Leather; as <em>A</em><em>Shagreen Case</em>.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122517"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916748"><span>1730&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0246710">Inventory D. Bond's Goods</a></em> 
		(1732)
	 34</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				A Shaggareen Case for Bottles.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122525"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916754"><span>1852&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">Thackeray</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0020809">Henry Esmond</a></em> III. vii. 180</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				She held out the black shagreen-case.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1706—1852</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122506&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122503" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122503">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531578">shagreen cover</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371230" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122534"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122535"><span class="noIndent" id="eid229689450"><span><i>c</i>1696&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">M. Prior</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0246711">Cupid &amp; Ganymede</a></em> 19</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Two Table-Books in Shagreen Covers.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">c1696—c1696</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122534&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid140341849" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid140341849">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid140341847">shagreen leather</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371233" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122543"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122544"><span class="noIndent" id="eid278885045"><span>1677&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Phillips</span> tr.  J.-B. Tavernier <em>Persian Trav.</em>  <span class="smallCaps">i.</span> iv. 21 in  tr.  J.-B. Tavernier <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="1967287">Six Voy.</a></em> 
		(1678)
	</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				[They] wear Boots or Shooes of Shagrin-Leather.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1677—1677</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122543&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122504" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122504">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531579">shagreen skin</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371236" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122556"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122557"><span class="noIndent" id="eid234618480"><span>1677&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. Phillips</span> tr.  J.-B. Tavernier <em>Persian Trav.</em>  <span class="smallCaps">i.</span> iv. 21 in  tr.  J.-B. Tavernier <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="1967287">Six Voy.</a></em> 
		(1678)
	</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Shagrin-Skins.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122568"><span class="noIndent" id="eid317485797"><span>1782–3&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">W. F. Martyn</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0021232">Geogr. Mag.</a></em> <strong>1</strong> 42</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				In this country are also manufactures of..shagreen skins and other leather.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1677—1782–3</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122556&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div><div class="senseWrap" id="eid23122578">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>C2. </strong></span>  (In sense <a class="crossReferencePopup" rev="/view/Entry/177284#eid23122413" rel="177284" href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#eid23122413" onclick="javascript:window.location = this.href;" onmouseover="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122413&#39;);return false;" onfocus="javascript:viewCrossReferencePopup(this,&#39;/view/Entry/177284#eid23122413&#39;);return false;" onmouseout="javascript:stopCrossReferencePopup(this);return false;"><span class="xref"> 1b</span></a>.)<div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122583" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122583">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531585">shagreen-granule</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371239" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122593"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122594"><span class="noIndent" id="eid229689472"><span>1896&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0112974">Guide Fossil Reptiles &amp; Fishes Brit. Mus.</a></em> 82</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				In the majority of instances, the fossils [of sharks] consist merely of detached spines, shagreen-granules, teeth, or pieces of cartilage.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1896—1896</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122593&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122584" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122584">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531586">shagreen point</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371242" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122603"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122604"><span class="noIndent" id="eid278884997"><span><i>a</i>1856&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">H. Miller</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0449915">Testimony of Rocks</a></em> 
		(1857)
	 ii. 58</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				An external armature, consisting of plates, spines, and shagreen points of solid bone.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">a1856—a1856</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122603&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122585" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122585">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531587">shagreen scale</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371245" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122624"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122625"><span class="noIndent" id="eid229689484"><span>1849&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">R. I. Murchison</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0001041">Siluria</a></em> vii. 138</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				The fish-remains are chiefly those of the minute Shagreen scales.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1849—1849</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122624&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div><div class="senseWrap" id="eid133201556">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>C3. </strong></span> <div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid123403767" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a class="thesaurusRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewThesaurusPopup(this);return false;" rel="th1/29205/36520/36645/36695/36698/36702/36711">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a class="categoriesRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewCategoryPopup(this);return false;" rel="123403767">Categories »</a></div>
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						</div><h3 id="eid123403767">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid23122587">shagreen-ray</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371248" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122612"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122613"><span class="noIndent" id="eid282462680"><span>1776&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">T. Pennant</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0036126">Brit. Zool.</a></em> 
		(ed. 4, octavo)
	 III.  <span class="smallCaps">iv.</span> 87</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Whip Ray..Shagreen. I met with this species at Scarborough, where it is called the French Ray.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1776—1776</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122612&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122586" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="thesaurusWrapper"><a class="thesaurusRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewThesaurusPopup(this);return false;" rel="th1/29205/36520/36645/36695/36698/36702/36711">Thesaurus »</a></div><div class="categoriesWrapper"><a class="categoriesRef" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="javascript:viewCategoryPopup(this);return false;" rel="23122586">Categories »</a></div>
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122586">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid23122589">shagreen-skate</span><span class="almostInvisible" id="eid1212371251" xml:space="preserve"> </span><span xml:space="preserve">&nbsp;</span> <span class="ps">n.</span>  <em>Raiia fullonica</em>.</h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122633"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122634"><span class="noIndent" id="eid229689498"><span>1882&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">J. E. Tenison-Woods</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0034322">Fish New S. Wales</a></em> 191</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Shagreen-skate. <em>Raiia fullonica</em>. Britain.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1882—1882</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122633&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div><div class="senseWrap" id="eid23122643">&nbsp;<span class="numbering"><strong>C4. </strong></span>  General <em>attributive</em>.<div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122646" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122646">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531590">shagreen-covered</span> <span class="ps">adj.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122649"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122650"><span class="noIndent" id="eid278885004"><span><i>a</i>1856&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">H. Miller</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0449915">Testimony of Rocks</a></em> 
		(1857)
	 i. 62</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				The dorsal spines and shagreen covered skin of the common dog fish.</div><div class="quotation" id="eid23122658"><span class="noIndent" id="eid168916829"><span>1864&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">G. A. Sala</span> <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0067625">Quite Alone</a></em> I. viii. 131</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Limp, green, shagreen-covered registers to keep the accounts in.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">a1856—1864</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122649&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div><div class="senseGroup scrollUnit" id="eid23122647" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="top"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="unknown">
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						</div><h3 id="eid23122647">&nbsp; <span class="lemma" id="eid113531591">shagreen-like</span> <span class="ps">adj.</span></h3></div><div class="frame" deluminate_imagetype="unknown"><div class="quotationsBlock" id="eid23122667"><div class="quotation" id="eid23122668"><span class="noIndent" id="eid253873948"><span>1840&nbsp;&nbsp;</span>  <span class="smallCaps">E. Blyth</span> et al.  <em><a class="sourcePopup" onclick="viewSourcePopup(this);" href="javascript:void(0)" rel="0105240">Cuvier's Animal Kingdom</a></em> 317</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;
				Others [of the subgenus <em>Pimelodes</em>] have the head oval, and a kind of helmet of shagreen-like bones.</div></div><p class="quotations"><span class="quotationDate" style="display: none;">1840—1840</span><a href="https://www.oed.com/view/Entry/177284?print#" class="toggleQuotationsClass" onclick="toggleQuotations(this, &#39;eid23122667&#39;); return false;" id="hideQuotations">(Hide quotations)</a></p></div><div class="bottom" deluminate_imagetype="gif"><div class="corner" deluminate_imagetype="gif">&nbsp;</div></div></div></div></div><div xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" xmlns:avail="java:com.oup.oed.DocExistence" xmlns:util="java:com.oup.oed.Util" class="entryFooter"><p id="shortPubStatement">This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913).</p></div><div xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/xpath-functions" xmlns:ms="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xslt" xmlns:dt="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:datatypes" xmlns:avail="java:com.oup.oed.DocExistence" xmlns:util="java:com.oup.oed.Util" id="datePopupWrapper" style="display: none"><div id="datePopup"><p>
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